Pastor Margot Starbuck wrote a charming article about the special challenges of serving as women of the cloth. Enjoy, and thanks to Alert Pigeon Lindy Lou for bringing it to my attention.
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In preparation for a big funeral, I took my alb home to wash. I didn’t send it through the washer and dryer all by itself. As I was vesting, a colleague (female, happily) pointed out that a pair of my underwear was static-clinging to the alb. (Thank goodness she noticed before the service!).
I have also, at times, forgotten that I was wearing only a Janie – not a full clergy shirt – under my suit jacket or sweater, and started to take off my jacket to vest in the sacristy, while surrounded by male colleagues and child/youth servers. (I do not have Gwyneth Paltrow abs, btw.) [HA HA HA!! This made me hoot, all alone in the empty church tonight. – PB]